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Acroplex · Dec 10, 2023

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Sedo sale within a 60 day registration window; Eleven.io sold for $121k at Squadhelp; GoDaddy auction win ends in redemption; Is Onlyfans.wtf worth anything? Domain investor believes he beat Snapnames...

Bob Hawkes · Dec 6, 2023

Successful domain investing is acquiring domain names that users will want, pricing them effectively, and getting the names noticed by those in a position to buy them.

That last step just got easier for .io and .xyz domain names with the announcement today that Afternic Fast...

Acroplex · Dec 3, 2023

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The impact of a logo on the sale of domain names; Afternic: Fast Transfer nightmare; The futility of chasing the Queen of domain TLDs; Dot .in Registry requires KYC; New broker assigned to a domain on Afternic...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 30, 2023

Most large businesses will brand on a single-word domain name, whether that is a dictionary word, a creative spelling, or a made-up word.

Still, it is true that there is a place for longer domain names. In this article I look at the sales record, at least as indicated by NameBio, for...

Acroplex · Nov 27, 2023

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Miri.com was sold for almost $200k; Venting off while being impatient with domain investing; GoDaddy Auctions Beta are a hot mess; Epik.com are (still) untrustworthy; Threads.net was threatened by Threads.app...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 23, 2023

Any domain name can be categorized in various ways, such as the number of words, extension, etc.

This article introduces the idea of also categorizing a particular domain name acquisition according to the investment style that name represents.

Overview Domain Name Categories...

Acroplex · Nov 18, 2023

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GoDaddy doesn't allow domain transfers during the grace period; Did UX woes cost a DropCatch bidder a good domain? Have you seen the domains owed by HugeDomains? Domainer in shock as expired domain sells for...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 16, 2023

Several domain name niches have received a lot of attention lately, all related to some aspect of artificial intelligence or automation. Each week dotDB publish a list of trending terms based on new registrations. In the most recent report, grok and gpts were at the top of the...

Acroplex · Nov 12, 2023

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BBC: The race to buy .AI domain names; Epik's Masterbucks balances are not available; GoDaddy Auctions jacks up base bid to $25; Most domainers aren't eager to share their entire portfolio with the public; A...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 9, 2023

A year ago OpenAI publicly released ChatGPT. Within weeks nearly everyone was trying it out and talking about it. Now worldwide there are over 100 million active users.

AI is having a significant impact on the domain world. This year .ai one of the hottest extensions. Names geared to artificial...

Acroplex · Nov 5, 2023

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Showcase your fresh .bot domain names; Are LLLL .com prices crashing down? Hurt.com was sold for $1.5 million dollars; Sleep Number attempted to reverse domain hijack Beds.com; Elon Musk wants more money for a...

Bob Hawkes · Nov 2, 2023

Perhaps you have decided to reduce the size of your domain portfolio and retain only the better names. Or you are scaling down, as you have less interest or time to devote to domain investing. Possibly you simply have less confidence in certain sectors or niches, and want to get rid of names in...

Eric Lyon · Oct 30, 2023

Welcome to another recap of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Domain investors discuss whether domain parking is alive, dying, or already dead; $600,000 USD was paid for the domain name Socrates.com recently; Exploration of whether four-letter (LLLL) .com prices are crashing; A list of...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 26, 2023

The demand for names for new businesses globally is immense. While current figures are probably even higher, Moya K. Mason estimated that worldwide about 305 million businesses are attempted each year, of which roughly one-third, or 100 million businesses are actually started globally...

Acroplex · Oct 22, 2023

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Expired domain Accelerator.com was sold for $145k at GoDaddy auctions; Get an .ing domain for a million+ bucks; Sedo ownership verification: How to combine it with Afternic DNS; NameJet isn't accepting new...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 19, 2023

Pricing of domain names is hard. If you price too high, your sell-through rate may go down. If you price too low, you leave money on the table. But what is the right price point? While various automated appraisal systems are available, they disagree wildly on almost all names, and few have...

Acroplex · Oct 15, 2023

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Nissan.com domain theft update; How fast can you sell 100 domains? Registrar of the year annual poll; Selling .AI domains to companies that operate on the .com; Buyer's request to change DNS before the sale—is it...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 11, 2023

Most domain name investors concentrate on making money through selling domain names. For some, that is supplemented by using monetized parking.

There are some indications that the domain market may be trending downward recently. It almost certainly is down from the heights of the...

Acroplex · Oct 8, 2023

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GoDaddy says Mega.net is worth only $15k, how accurate is that? The WIPO served a domain investor with a UDRP; Where and how to approach big investors with liquid domains? University.com was bought by Andrew Tate; Sedo...

Bob Hawkes · Oct 3, 2023

I like to read and listen to experts from fields outside domain investment. Sometimes this is in sectors like technology, that will directly inform investment in new niches or sectors. Other times, it is in aesthetics or design, that can be helpful in name creation and evaluation. But I...

Acroplex · Oct 1, 2023

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Domain investor receives cold call from potential buyer; Namesilo lagging with delivery of a $2,500 dollar domain; Investor returns to domaining after more than a decade; SAV vs. DAN as a selling marketplace...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 28, 2023

While there are many ways to find success in domain name investing, I suspect that most successful investors have a strategy to guide their acquisitions.

This week, investor James Kim shared his strategy for finding names. With his permission, I am sharing his strategy here, along...

Acroplex · Sep 24, 2023

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New owner of EM.com is not Exxon Mobil; When did you acquire or register your very first domain name? Can investors treat domain sales revenue as capital gains? Can you buy a domain matched to a trademark and use...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 21, 2023

It seems that many domain investors are scaling back domain acquisitions these days. This may be because of economic uncertainty, a possible drop in domain sales activity, or profits from parking, or simply because the renewal increases have used up funds that might have been available for...

Acroplex · Sep 17, 2023

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Namecheap "shady" auctions stir controversy; Is my domain infringing on a trademark? Bodis trims PPC due to upstream provider clawbacks; How do I get domains related to my company's name? Park domains or develop...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 14, 2023

It can seem complex, with all the metrics and tools and more, to decide which names are worth acquiring. Let’s simplify the process to some key questions to ask. None of these are original, and most have been around for years, but I thought, particularly for those new to domain investing, it...

Acroplex · Sep 9, 2023

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A former employee of Epik shares his experience in the domain industry; A growing trend among domain investors seems to upset some; Artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for domain investors; Uniregistry BIN...

Bob Hawkes · Sep 7, 2023

Is it possible that recent branding trends have resulted in overlooking beautiful words? Is there an advantage to having a beautiful name? What does beautiful even mean in the context of words?

What Do We Mean By A Beautiful Word?

The primary purpose of words is utilitarian, to...

Acroplex · Sep 2, 2023

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Registration of Porn.uk reversed at Namecheap; Honoring one's word and its appreciation in the domain business; What is the hype about .ai domains all about; Fiasco.com sold for $203k dollars; WordPress and its...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 31, 2023

Next month in San Francisco TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 is happening. This event brings together tech leaders and enthusiasts, startup founders, and early stage investors.

It struck me that the conference agenda and speaker list could provide valuable insights for domain investors. So what...

Acroplex · Aug 27, 2023

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Sold a domain on GoDaddy but their cut amounts to 39% of the sale; Movies about domain names; Mana.org expired and sold for $167,000 dollars; How to fight blackhat SEO guys restoring web content; Alter.com is now...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 24, 2023

Last week, I analyzed 3-letter (3L) .ORG domain name sales. In this article, I use the same methodology with 3L .NET domain names.

I used data from the past 5 years only, and considered separately retail and wholesale sales, although the dividing line is not always clear. Sales data came...

Acroplex · Aug 19, 2023

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Epik withheld $1.5 million dollars in Masterbucks, says domain investor; Someone trademarked a term after investor acquired the matching domain name; Is domain parking revenue down up to 60% this year? Random domain...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 16, 2023

Short names are highly valued, both because they are easy to remember correctly and they are rare. This week I take a look at 3-letter (3L) .org domain names.

To focus on current and recent market conditions, I used data from the past 5 years only. While no dividing line is perfect, I...

Acroplex · Aug 13, 2023

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Is Domaining an investment or an addiction? Prospective buyer threatens with a UDRP; Is my Registrar holding me back? Can Epik be trusted with low cost registrations? Dot .in domain renewal issues at the Indian Registry...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 10, 2023

Domain renewal price increases make domain investing even more challenging.

We are about to see another 7% increase in .com wholesale prices on Sept. 1, 2023, and a 10% increase in .net prices on Feb. 1, 2024.

Prices for .xyz have increased each of the last two years, with timing...

Acroplex · Aug 5, 2023

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Elon Musk has potentially acquired ai.com; Billing error at GoDaddy reverses acquisition; Afternic broker involved in trademark case; Advice about how to best manage your domain names; How do end-users negotiate with...

Bob Hawkes · Aug 3, 2023

One of the key ways that a prospective buyer seeks a domain name is by using the search feature at the marketplace. But how effective is that really? I take a look at search capability at general purpose and brandable domain name marketplaces.

Try This

To get a feel for how...

Acroplex · Jul 30, 2023

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A cautionary tale about the Twitter handle @x; The domain Llama2.com was sold for $30,000 dollars; Sedo broker sold SolarEnergy.com for 6 figures; Won the auction but lost the domain; Which TLDs should domain...

Bob Hawkes · Jul 26, 2023

The .eu domain extension was one of the bright spots when I analyzed how different extensions had fared in aftermarket sales volume during the first six months of 2023. The .eu extension sales dollar volume was up significantly compared to the same period during the preceding year, or...

Acroplex · Jul 23, 2023

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Some things you must be aware of when investing in .XYZ domains; Reza, founder of Dan, might return to domain investing; Fast transfer concerns; The future of GPT domain names; Domainer is "so done" with Epik...

Bob Hawkes · Jul 20, 2023

A lot has happened since I last covered Domain Name Payment Plans in the NamePros Blog in 2019. Partly because of the terminology used by Dan, one of the major marketplaces offering payment plans for a number of years, such plans are usually now called Lease-To-Own (LTO), a more...

Acroplex · Jul 15, 2023

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Dan.com has changed the VAT/invoicing process, becoming the middle man for buyer and seller; India is about to ban .in domain investing; Expired domain auctions at GoDaddy can be manipulated, apparently; LTO options a...

Bob Hawkes · Jul 13, 2023

Many domain investors are familiar with the site:TLD Google search command. This allows you to restrict search results to either an individual website or to a certain extension.

For example, it can be a useful indicator of how much use, at least as measured by web pages, for that...

Acroplex · Jul 8, 2023

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Meta rolled out Threads on a .net domain; Domain Agents: Use or not? Afternic "forever troubled" as far as BIN setting goes; Optimize a domain that earns $1 /day; How hard is it to set up a domain registrar...

Bob Hawkes · Jul 5, 2023

The first six months of 2023 resulted in just over 70,000 NameBio-listed domain sales in total, with a dollar volume of just over $66 million.

That is a decrease of 21.5% in sales dollar volume compared to the same six months of 2022.

In this article I use the same...

Acroplex · Jul 2, 2023

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Domain investors are invited to say something positive about a fellow domainer; DAN ends listings of .in domains on its marketplace; If you have a trademark, can you negotiate the price of the matching domain...

Bob Hawkes · Jun 28, 2023

If we could accurately predict relative sell-through rates (STR) for different domain names, we could focus on names that are likely to sell quickly. Curated marketplaces would also benefit, since they would be able to predict the kinds of names that are more likely to sell, and not waste...

Acroplex · Jun 24, 2023

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Brokered offer of $10,000 dollars indicates end-user value? Find premium domains registrant forgot to renew; NameJet's new look, good or bad? Lost access to my domains at GoDaddy; .XYZ Registry grabs back most dictionary...

Bob Hawkes · Jun 22, 2023

Probably many of us have been asked by friends or acquaintances what it is that we do as domainers. After all, the term domainer is not even in the major dictionaries. For this week’s article, I decided to compile an answer.

Create Names

Domainers create names. They come up...

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